Sunday, 18 August 2013

Producer of Boko Haram Movie Arrested

John Dada Adedayo, the producer of a new film called ‘ Boko Haram,’ has
been arraigned before court after he refused to wait for the Ghana
Cinematography Exhibition Board to censor certain parts of the film
before giving him the green light to distribute it to the public.The
accused person was put before a court presided over by Audrey
Kocuvie-Tay and charged for refusing to subject himself to censorship
laws, but he denied any wrongdoing.

He has been remanded in police custody while the case has been adjourned to August 19, 2013.

Narrating
events leading to the arrest of the accused person, the prosecutor, DSP
Cletus Abadamloora said the complainant is Alfred Kumi Atiemo and a
member of the Ghana Cinematography Exhibition Board (GCEB) while the
accused person is a producer and a Nigerian living in Ghana.

He
said on July 4, 2013, the accused person produced a film called ‘Boko
Haram’ and sent it to the GCEB for clarification and approval but failed
to wait for their approval.

The prosecutor noted that Adedayo
started distributing the film to the public and when the cinematography
board was informed it launched investigation into the matter.

In
addition, the police officer stated that the board, during the course of
operation in July, found that 10,000 copies of the film had been
distributed and also found that 700 copies of the film were on the
market.

Furthermore, he said a search on the accused person
revealed 913 copies of the film. He admitted distributing the said
copies and the board lodged a report with the police.

He said Adedayo was accordingly arrested and arraigned before court after the investigations.